We've seen some really quality books for modern audiences produced by Guy Windsor and Christian Henry Tobler on the longsword, why has no one done the same for the messer, pole axe, sword and buckler or anything else? I'd certainly argue that Mr. Tobler's book on the German Longsword is more accessible than any of the reprinted treatises. I get that these other weapons don't have the sexiness or popularity of the longsword but I can't be the only one who thinks there's an untapped audience waiting.

Poleaxe is simply not as popular as other weapon types like longsword or sabers. That being said, it would come as a surprise if there were truly no books of the like published. The HEMA community is rather large and HEMA has been around for quite some time, but given the issues of popularity, I would imagine such texts would be difficult to come by if they do exist.

Messer, on the other hand, seems to be quite popular and, as such, I would think that books on it would be widely available.

"Save your anger for the enemy. Here it will do you no good; there, it can overcome fear. Use this time now to teach your sword what to do, so later it will do it without conscious thought."-Richard Rahl(Terry Goodkind, Faith of the Fallen)

Michael Kelly wrote:We've seen some really quality books for modern audiences produced by Guy Windsor and Christian Henry Tobler on the longsword, why has no one done the same for the messer, pole axe, sword and buckler or anything else? I'd certainly argue that Mr. Tobler's book on the German Longsword is more accessible than any of the reprinted treatises. I get that these other weapons don't have the sexiness or popularity of the longsword but I can't be the only one who thinks there's an untapped audience waiting.